Ontario reported 44 new COVID-19 deaths of residents in long-term care homes on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths in homes across the province to 954 since the outbreak began. The Ontario health ministry also reported 434 new cases of COVID-19. Ontario also reported that 1,010 people have now been hospitalized with COVID-19, an increase from 977 reported hospitalizations on Saturday. Several Ontario long-term care homes now face lawsuits over allegedly failing to following COVID-19 public health advice. (Alan Habbick/CBC)Made-in-Canada COVID-19 test barred from public useHealth Canada is restricting the use of a made-in-Canada, rapid COVID-19 test created by Spartan Bioscience after the National Microbiology Lab found problems with the test that made it unreliable.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2020 14:04 UTC